Small, rectangular paper box with attached, vaulted cover. Ivory velvet panel affixed to top of cover. Velvet is painted with red roses and bordered by embossed gilt paper.
boxes (containers)
paper (fiber product)
velvet (fabric weave)
Box
Unidentified Paper
Box
"January 1, 1815" (Handwritten on bottom of box and on yellow paper inside box.)
Unknown
2 1/8 x 4 x 2 3/4 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Dorothy Horton McGee
1989.32
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